October 2013

The Financial Times has published an article looking at the technology that is being developed for swap trading, following the recent financial reforms. GreySpark comments on the main trends, focusing on SEF aggregation as one particular way the banks are changing their business models.

The Financial Times has published an article providing an update on Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) acquisition of NYSE Euronext. The article looks at various factors affecting the deal and frames this alongside other failed and successful mergers of exchange groups. GreySpark comments on this deal, and why it is going ahead.

A new report from GreySpark Partners released today explores the latest trends in investment banking e-commerce, which are the electronic transactional interactions between a bank and its clients. The report, Trends in E-commerce 2013, highlights that if banks are to remain competitive, they should replace their current single-dealer platforms (SDPs) with a new quality of Digital Investment Banking (DIB) platforms.